{"id":89,"date":"2006-10-05T07:58:53","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/10\/05\/is-bill-clinton-the-gops-god\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T13:03:37","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T18:03:37","slug":"is-bill-clinton-the-gops-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/10\/05\/is-bill-clinton-the-gops-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Bill Clinton the GOP’s God?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because I swear, nothing ever happens without it somehow turning out to be caused by Bill<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Tribune on Wednesday night, Hastert said he had no thoughts of resigning and he blamed ABC News and Democratic operatives for the mushrooming scandal that threatens his tenure as speaker and Republicans’ hold on power in the House.
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\nHe went on to suggest that operatives aligned with former President Bill Clinton knew about the allegations and were perhaps behind the disclosures in the closing weeks before the Nov. 7 midterm elections, but he offered no hard proof.<\/font><\/p>\n

“All I know is what I hear and what I see,” the speaker said. “I saw Bill Clinton’s adviser, Richard Morris, was saying these guys knew about this all along. If somebody had this info, when they had it, we could have dealt with it then.”<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If only someone had told Denny about it<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because I swear, nothing ever happens without it somehow turning out to be caused by Bill: In an interview with the Tribune on Wednesday night, Hastert said he had no thoughts of resigning and he blamed ABC News and Democratic operatives for the mushrooming scandal that threatens his tenure as speaker and Republicans’ hold on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t